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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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The performances of Benjamin Britten's The Canticles will be performed by both residents of 5 Homeless shelters in Central London and professional opera singers.
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Sveta Romanova,
Intelligence Officer
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She returned to England where she was a postgraduate student at the London Opera Centre and began her career as a member of Benjamin Britten's "English Opera Group" with whom she performed in Aldeburgh and abroad, including the first tour of Russia by an English opera company.
No new music of the last 20 years, not even Benjamin Brittens impressive War Requiem , has met with such widespread, rapid and enthusiastic response from audiences and critics throughout Europe and America.
Such is the case with British composer Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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Mahy was the soprano soloist in a nationally syndicated radio broadcast of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem marking the 20th anniversary of that work's first performance, and in 1982 she made a highly acclaimed recital tour of Spain.
Benjamin Britten's "Les Illuminations" for soprano and string orchestra, Op.
Benjamin Britten's beloved Ceremony of Carols for harp and women's voices will contrast with a set of a cappella carols arranged for men's voices.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Benjamin Britten's imaginative and vigorous Ceremony of Carols is the centerpiece of this Christmas concert, offered in the English tradition.
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Anita Ganesh,
Poet
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Benjamin Britten's evocative cantata A Boy Was Born was the centerpiece of this holiday program, along with carol settings by William Billings, Johann Walther, Thomas Edward Morgan, Terry Schlenker, and Susan Brown.
It features Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols as well as such holiday staples as Away in a Manger, Joy to the World and Silent Night.
Benjamin Britten's opera of the same name, Brecht and Weill's Threepenny Opera, and many less well-known musicals have been derived from this play.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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Benjamin Britten's "Diversions" was written in Maine in 1940 for left-handed Viennese pianist Paul Wittgenstein.
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